Reaching for extremes
It is not one thing that causes somebody to go to extremes. To retroactively attempt to assign blame to one …
psychology
stop hitting yourself
It has been said repeatedly: we treat others better than ourselves. We abuse ourselves with impunity. Our treatment of ourselves …
Faith in Man vs. Belief in Evil
The prevailing sentiment has shifted from “faith in man” to “belief and Evil.”Once our salvation, progress is now just an …
Approach/Retreat: We frustrate ourselves
To desire is to want something beyond you, and in approaching it your psychology dredges forth all the pains of wanting and …
self-made traps
Every problem I have is a self-made trap. When I work too much, I do not set the boundary: I …
I hurt myself with your words
Instead of “what you said hurt my feelings,” why don’t we say “I took what you said and I hurt …
Causes in the past rob you of your present
Etiology is the study of a cause, or causation, while teleology is the study of the purpose of a phenomenon. …